The 1968 U.S. Open was the 68th U.S. Open, held June 13–16 at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. Lee Trevino equaled the tournament scoring record and won the first of his six major titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus. It was also the first win on the PGA Tour for Trevino, age 28.

This was the second of three U.S. Opens at the East Course; Cary Middlecoff won the first in 1956 and Curtis Strange successfully defended in 1989. It also hosted the PGA Championship in 1980, 2003, and 2013, and the Ryder Cup in 1995.

Final round Bert Yancey held the 54-hole lead after a tournament record 205 (−5) in the first three rounds. Trevino was a stroke behind at 206, after three rounds in the 60s, and made par saves at 5 and 6. After Yancey bogeyed the 5th, Trevino took the lead, then recorded birdies at 11 and 12, while Yancey bogeyed the 11th to fall out of contention. Nicklaus started the round seven strokes back at 212 (+2); he got two quick birdies, but did not record another until the 14th, by which time Trevino already had a commanding lead. Trevino's total of 275 tied the tournament record that Nicklaus established the year before at Baltusrol; his four rounds in the 60s was a tournament first, and did not happen again for a quarter century, until Lee Janzen won at Baltusrol in 1993. It was also the first of Trevino's 29 victories on the PGA Tour. Of Trevino's six major victories, Nicklaus was the runner-up four times.

Sam Snead, age 56, finished in a tie for 9th place, his final top-10 finish at the U.S. Open.

Round summaries First round Thursday, June 13, 1968 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bert Yancey 67 −3T2 Charles Coody 69 −1 Lee TrevinoT4 Al Balding 70 E Don Bies Billy Farrell John Felus Labron Harris Jr. Dave MarrT10 Julius Boros 71 +1 Gay Brewer Bill Collins Bruce Devlin Gardner Dickinson Don January Dick Siderowf (a) Dan Sikes Larry Ziegler

Second round Friday, June 14, 1968 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bert Yancey 67-68=135 −52 Lee Trevino 69-68=137 −3T3 Don Bies 70-70=140 E Charles Coody 69-71=140 Bruce Devlin 71-69=140 Jerry Pittman 73-67=140T7 Miller Barber 74-68=142 +2 Julius Boros 71-71=142 Gay Brewer 71-71=142 Bob Charles 73-69=142 Billy Farrell 70-72=142 Labron Harris Jr. 70-72=142 Dave Hill 74-68=142 Dave Marr 70-72=142 Jack Nicklaus 72-70=142 Dan Sikes 71-71=142 Larry Ziegler 71-71=142

Third round Saturday, June 15, 1968 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bert Yancey 67-68-70=205 −52 Lee Trevino 69-68-69=206 −4T3 Charles Coody 69-71-72=212 +2 Jack Nicklaus 72-70-70=212T5 Julius Boros 71-71-71=213 +3 Bobby Nichols 74-71-68=213T7 Billy Casper 75-68-71=214 +4 Bob Charles 73-69-72=214 Al Geiberger 72-74-68=214 Jerry Pittman 73-67-74=214 Dave Stockton 72-73-69=214

Final round Sunday, June 16, 1968 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Lee Trevino 69-68-69-69=275 −5 30,0002 Jack Nicklaus 72-70-70-67=279 −1 15,0003 Bert Yancey 67-68-70-76=281 +1 10,0004 Bobby Nichols 74-71-68-69=282 +2 7,500T5 Don Bies 70-70-75-69=284 +4 5,500 Steve Spray 73-75-71-65=284T7 Bob Charles 73-69-72-71=285 +5 3,750 Jerry Pittman 73-67-74-71=285T9 Gay Brewer 71-71-75-69=286 +6 2,516 Billy Casper 75-68-71-72=286 Bruce Devlin 71-69-75-71=286 Al Geiberger 72-74-68-72=286 Sam Snead 73-71-74-68=286 Dave Stockton 72-73-69-72=286 Source:

Scorecard Hole123456789101112131415161718Par443543444 434543444 Trevino −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 Nicklaus +2 +2 +1 E E E E E E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 Yancey −4 −4 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 E E +1 Nichols +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2 Bies +5 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 Spray +9 +10 +9 +8 +8 +7 +8 +9 +9 +8 +8 +7 +7 +6 +5 +4 +4 +4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogey Source:

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